Irish amateur Paul Dunne is set to turn professional later this year after taking the 144th Open Championship by storm, and major winner Graeme McDowell believes that the 22-year-old has the talent to succeed immediately.

In the end, the Old Course got him, although it’s unlikely that an extra day or two of zealous study would have made any difference. It was still astonishing that Jordan Spieth got so close to winning his third successive major in the same year.